Ilgar language

Ilgar
Garig
Native toAustralia
RegionCobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
EthnicityIlgar, Gaari
Extinct2003
Dialects
  • Ilgar
  • Garig
Language codes
ISO 639-3ilg
Glottologgari1253
AIATSIS[1]N184 Ilgar, N188 Garig
ELPIlgar

Ilgar, also known as Garig-Ilgar after its two dialects, is an extinct Iwaidjan language spoken in the mainland of Cobourg Peninsula, around Port Essington, Northern Territory.

  1. ^ N184 Ilgar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)